The enlightened coup
This month marked 21 years since General Musharraf toppled the heavily-mandated Muslim League government led by an increasingly assertive and aspiring Ameer ul Momineen in Nawaz Sharif. In a script…
The Bolivian coup
It would be hard to point to a country whose president who has more democratic legitimacy than Evo Morales. Nobody can seriously dispute that he won the first round of…
Rightwing coup or popular uprising?
Socialist Bolivian president Evo Morales has been forced to resign. A well-prepared rightwing coup removed him from power. The military intervened after 18 days of protests and asked the president…
Celebrating a coup
President Donald Trump celebrated a military coup in Bolivia that forced President Evo Morales, who recently won a fourth term, to resign on November 10. “After nearly 14 years and…
Failed coup
The imperialist neocons infesting the Trump administration, and the president himself, may think they can invent their own reality through propaganda, as Bush’s “brain” Karl Rove used to claim about…
Extraordinary situation requires military courts
Military courts were established in 2015 during the Nawaz Sharif regime in the aftermath of Army Public School (APS) massacre of 140 people, mostly children. Military courts carry out swift…
Venezuelan military: the muscle behind Maduro
The latest developments in Venezuela's political crisis have dealt a severe blow to President Nicolas Maduro - severe, but not fatal, for one key reason: the military still backs him.…
Venezuela coup
The Trump administrating is currently working to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in the name of freedom and democracy. Yet Washington’s efforts will only lead to bloodshed and a worsening…
Revisiting the Turkish coup
The day of July 16 will remain one of the most important and inspiring dates in the modern Turkish history – perhaps as important as October 29, the republic day…
Reading the Turkish coup
This was a coup attempt by a section of the army – we don’t as yet know the strength of the units or formations involved – and some elements of…
